International pressure group Pregnant Then Screwed will march from Glasgow Green to George Square today calling for legislative changes to combat maternity discrimination.

In Glasgow, the March of the Mummies has support from Working Families Scotland, Scottish Mothers Collective, Drumchapel Women’s Aid, Gymboree Southside, Mini Manovers, Glasgow Women’s Aid and the Wee Guys Cafe, where an after party will be held.

Hayleigh Jarett, of Glasgow Pregnant Then Screwed, said: “Throughout social media, we have had such terrific support for the march, and we’ve heard from so many women who have suffered maternity discrimination and are relieved that we are speaking up to end it.”

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Fellow campaigner Katie Easton added: “There is an energy behind us, it’s going to be a great day – it’s just a shame that we are doing it all in the name of maternity discrimination, something that we shouldn’t have to be marching for in this day and age.”

The campaigners say one in nine pregnant women are pushed out of their jobs because of maternity discrimination.

The group’s main demands will be handed over at Westminster following the London march.

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There are five demands - to increase the time limit to raise a tribunal claim from three to six months; to require companies to report on how many flexible working requests are made and how many are granted; to give fathers six weeks non-transferrable paternity leave paid at 90% salary; to give the self-employed access to statutory shared parental pay; and to subsidise childcare from six months old.